Who can build me TWO different builds from a budget of $800 and $900?

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I want to know, what's the BEST build you can build me on a $800 budget, and a $900 budget? Primary use is gaming
OS? No.
OC? Maybe far far in the future.
SLI or Crossfire? Nahh
Mouse, screens, keyboards, etc? No
never mind about this part ---> [strike]What I want to see on both builds is at least a 200gb SSD[/strike]

Give me what's the best for gaming on a $800 budget and a separate build for $900. :) (I've asked for many opinions before but I can't seem to make out for what's best for the price, so help me out please)
 
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do realize that having a 200gb ssd is going to cut down quite a bit on how much gaming performance you get for those budgets.

a ssd is NOT going to help gaming performance at all. it will speed up your booting time and make windows seem snappier though.

for that budget...

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CPU: Intel Core i5-4670 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($209.29 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.94 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock H87M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($79.99 @ Micro Center)
Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($69.99 @...
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do realize that having a 200gb ssd is going to cut down quite a bit on how much gaming performance you get for those budgets.

a ssd is NOT going to help gaming performance at all. it will speed up your booting time and make windows seem snappier though.

for that budget...

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($209.29 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.94 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock H87M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($79.99 @ Micro Center)
Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($56.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 770 2GB DirectCU II Video Card ($328.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Cougar Solution (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($37.99 @ Mwave)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12G 550W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply ($80.98 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($19.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $914.13
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-13 14:56 EDT-0400)

please note that it does NOT have a ssd as this doesnt benefit gaming. it also is NOT overclockable per your comments.

it will be able to run ultra settings @ 1080p on modern games like bf4.

if you absolutely require a ssd the cheapest one is $99 (but its junk) with a good one being $140 (samsung evo 250). this is going to severely hamper your build as it requires the video card to be dropped down to at least a gtx760 or perhaps a few other parts reduced as well.

now, you COULD go with a ssd if you dropped the large data hdd but i can tell you that 250gb is not all that much once you start packing on lots of games and software. its beneficial to have a larger drive.

thats for the $900 price point without a ssd. if you went for $800 your performance would be less. if you must go with a ssd and $800 then i'd probably base it around the amd fx8320 since its cheaper than intel.
 
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Under $900

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor ($144.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock 970 Extreme3 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 240GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($56.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 770 2GB TWIN FROZR Video Card ($314.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($44.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($47.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $859.90
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-13 15:01 EDT-0400)

Under $800

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CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor ($144.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock 970 Extreme3 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 240GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($56.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280 3GB Double Dissipation Video Card ($239.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($44.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($47.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $784.90
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-13 15:01 EDT-0400)
 
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Agreed that the 200+ GB SSD is not a great place to spend money.

Also just read up on the kingston SSD and apparently it has some issues that I didn't know about before.

Well, here is an Intel build, No OC with a crucial ssd instead:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($186.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H87-D3H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($101.39 @ Mwave)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial M500 240GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($119.99 @ Adorama)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($56.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280 3GB Double Dissipation Video Card ($239.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($44.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($47.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $883.29
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-13 15:11 EDT-0400)
 
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Mhmm interesting, alright, then I guess i'll take off the SSD. By that said you think a r9 280x would be the best in that build?
 
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I'm planning on just the recent Call of Duty series and the future ones, and Battlefield, maybe Crysis... Not really a big fan of it, but I'll try it out.
No mmo games though.
 
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yes, the one i listed will give the best gaming performance per dollar considering what you've said so far.

it is NOT overclockable though (this option would cost more money) but this really isnt an issue as its a pretty solid cpu which performs well.

if you did want to OC and needed parts to do so then to do so you would need to drop the graphics card down which will hurt performance. instead of getting "ultra" quality you might be down to "high".
 
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Thanks for a detailed description! :D (Not being sarcastic btw lol)
 
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